2020 General Tire 125
# 2020 General Tire 125

The 2020 General Tire 125 was the third stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 21, 2020, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) oval-shaped permanent racetrack. The race took the scheduled 125 laps to complete. At race's end, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would hold off the field after he performed a bump and run on race dominator Ty Gibbs, earning his sixth career ARCA Menards Series East win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, David Gilliland of DGR-Crosley and Mason Diaz of Venturini Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

## Background

Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

### Entry list

| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Max McLaughlin | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | Toyota Racing Development |
| 4 | Chase Cabre | Rev Racing | Toyota | Eibach, Max Siegel Incorporated |
| 6 | Nick Sanchez | Rev Racing | Toyota | Universal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute |
| 10 | Tommy Vigh Jr. | Fast Track Racing | Ford | Fast Track Racing |
| 11 | Ed Pompa | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | Green Renewable Inc., Double "H" Ranch |
| 15 | Drew Dollar | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | Sunbelt Rentals |
| 17 | Taylor Gray | DGR-Crosley | Ford | Ford Performance |
| 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | Monster Energy |
| 20 | Corey Heim | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | Craftsman |
| 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation |
| 25 | Mason Diaz | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | Drydene |
| 41 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | Independent Strapping |
| 42 | Parker Retzlaff | Cook-Finley Racing | Toyota | Ponsse, Ironhorse Loggers |
| 54 | David Gilliland | DGR-Crosley | Ford | Frontline Enterprises |
| 74 | Joe Graf Jr. | Visconti Motorsports | Chevrolet | Bucked Up Energy |
| 87 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Charles Buchanan Racing | Ford | Spring Drug |
| 91 | Justin Carroll | TC Motorsports | Toyota | Carroll's Automotive |
| 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | A. L. L. Construction |
| Official entry list |||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, August 21, at 11:30 AM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.

Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 23.709 and an average speed of 151.841 miles per hour (244.364 km/h).

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 23.709 | 151.841 |
| 2 | 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 23.788 | 151.337 |
| 3 | 54 | David Gilliland | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 23.863 | 150.861 |
| 4 | 20 | Corey Heim | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 24.045 | 149.719 |
| 5 | 17 | Taylor Gray | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 24.063 | 149.607 |
| 6 | 1 | Max McLaughlin | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 24.091 | 149.433 |
| 7 | 15 | Drew Dollar | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 24.115 | 149.285 |
| 8 | 25 | Mason Diaz | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 24.279 | 148.276 |
| 9 | 4 | Chase Cabre | Rev Racing | Toyota | 24.393 | 147.583 |
| 10 | 6 | Nick Sanchez | Rev Racing | Toyota | 24.538 | 146.711 |
| 11 | 42 | Parker Retzlaff | Cook-Finley Racing | Toyota | 24.817 | 145.062 |
| 12 | 91 | Justin Carroll | TC Motorsports | Toyota | 25.009 | 143.948 |
| 13 | 41 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 25.205 | 142.829 |
| 14 | 74 | Joe Graf Jr. | Visconti Motorsports | Chevrolet | 25.881 | 139.098 |
| 15 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 26.809 | 134.283 |
| 16 | 87 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Charles Buchanan Racing | Ford | 26.976 | 133.452 |
| 17 | 10 | Tommy Vigh Jr. | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 27.580 | 130.529 |
| 18 | 11 | Ed Pompa | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 28.123 | 128.009 |
| Official qualifying results |||||||

## Race results

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 125 | 21 | running | 47 |
| 2 | 3 | 54 | David Gilliland | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 125 | 0 | running | 42 |
| 3 | 8 | 25 | Mason Diaz | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 125 | 0 | running | 41 |
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Max McLaughlin | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 125 | 0 | running | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | 15 | Drew Dollar | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 125 | 0 | running | 39 |
| 6 | 4 | 20 | Corey Heim | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 125 | 0 | running | 38 |
| 7 | 11 | 42 | Parker Retzlaff | Cook-Finley Racing | Toyota | 125 | 0 | running | 37 |
| 8 | 9 | 4 | Chase Cabre | Rev Racing | Toyota | 125 | 0 | running | 36 |
| 9 | 5 | 17 | Taylor Gray | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 125 | 0 | running | 35 |
| 10 | 16 | 87 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Charles Buchanan Racing | Ford | 116 | 0 | running | 34 |
| 11 | 13 | 41 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 116 | 0 | running | 33 |
| 12 | 1 | 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 110 | 104 | crash | 35 |
| 13 | 18 | 11 | Ed Pompa | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 66 | 0 | running | 31 |
| 14 | 12 | 91 | Justin Carroll | TC Motorsports | Toyota | 26 | 0 | mechanical | 30 |
| 15 | 17 | 10 | Tommy Vigh Jr. | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 19 | 0 | electrical | 29 |
| 16 | 10 | 6 | Nick Sanchez | Rev Racing | Toyota | 13 | 0 | mechanical | 28 |
| 17 | 14 | 74 | Joe Graf Jr. | Visconti Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | mechanical | 27 |
| 18 | 15 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | did not start | 3 |
| Official race results ||||||||||
